Tag Archives: Cycling

Thursday, 23 March 2017 :  The team, founded by five-time Olympic champion Sir Bradley Wiggins to develop young British talent, was omitted from the race which runs from 28-30 April. Race organisers said the event was oversubscribed and “unfortunately someone had to miss out”. A total of 49 teams applied …

Thursday, 23 March 2017 :  Valverde had topped the standings after Movistar won Tuesday’s time trial, only for officials to broaden an initial penalty to team-mate Jose Joaquin Rojas across the whole team. Valverde then outsprinted Ireland’s Daniel Martin to win stage three. He moves to fourth overall, behind Team …

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 :  Movistar completed the 43.3km course to Banyoles two seconds faster than BMC, with Briton Froome’s Team Sky in third. The Trek-Segafredo team of Spain’s Alberto Contador, another favourite for overall victory, was one minute 15 seconds behind. Valverde leads the seven-stage Spanish race after a …

Tuesday, 21 March 2017 :  Italian rider Davide Cimolai claimed a narrow victory in a sprint finish on the opening stage of the Volta a Catalunya in Spain. The FDJ rider edged out Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni, of Team Cofidis, at the end of Monday’s 179km stage in Calella. Chris Froome, …

Monday, 13 March 2017 :   Team Sky’s Sergio Henao held on to claim a thrilling overall victory in Paris-Nice by just two seconds from Alberto Contador. But he was beaten to the stage win by Quick-Step Floors’ David de la Cruz and took eight instead of 10 bonus seconds. …

Friday, 3 March 2017   PUTRAJAYA: A reduced budget and number of stages for the Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) did not rob the intensity or prestige of the race since Ciclista Sports Sdn Bhd, the organisers of the tour, had taken great pains to ensure all details of organising …

Tuesday, 7 Feb 2017 : The German, punched by Ukrainian Andriy Grivko on stage three, outsprinted Team Sky’s Italian Elia Viviani, while Britain’s Mark Cavendish was fourth. Cavendish gesticulated with frustration after failing to come round Kittel, who he had been following in the sprint. “The final sprint didn’t go …

Wednesday, 1 Feb 2017 :  Briton Mark Cavendish overcame a late puncture to finish third on the opening stage of the Dubai Tour – his first race of 2017. The 31-year-old, winner of 30 Tour de France stages, suffered the mishap in the final four kilometres and rode on with …

  Monday, 23 Jnaury 2017 :  The ex-Team Sky rider, who was second in the past two years, finished behind compatriot Caleb Ewan in a bunch sprint on the 90km final stage in Adelaide. Porte, who now rides for BMC Racing, had won Saturday’s fifth stage to lead by 48 …

Monday, 8 August 2016 Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten entered intensive care after suffering three cracked vertebrae in a stomach-churning high-speed crash during the Olympic road race on Sunday. The 33-year-old was leading the race and 10km from Olympic gold when she tumbled over her handlebars on a tricky descent, …